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The Thunderbirds - Hey Little Girl (1967)

Nine Pound Hammer “Hayseed Timebomb” 1994. Crypt Records. High-speed  cowpunk/psychobilly from Kentucky, Nine Pound Hammer’s Hayseed Timebomb was their third release and their last LP for 10 years (they broke up for awhile when guitarist Blaine Cartwright left to form Nashville Pussy). This record has been in the should-it-stay-or-should-it-go pile for awhile now so I’m finally giving it a real listen. Thankfully most of the record leans toward Motörhead-influenced heavy garage punk (a sound more fully realized with Cartwright’s Nashville Pussy) than the cow part of cowpunk on bangers like the title track “Hayseed Timebomb,” “Run Fat Boy Run,” “Devil’s Playground” and the impossibly fast “Steamroller.”  I’m less fond of the hillbilly-forward songs like “Stranded Outside Tater Knob” (although that’s a great title), their reworking of the old-timey/traditional “Wreck of the Old 97″ and “Shotgun in a Chevy.” I’m not sure how often I’ll listen to Hayseed Timebomb but there’s enough good stuff on the record to keep it. 

I know this was shot on a cheap point-n-shoot cuz security gave me a hassle. Then Diana gave me a photo pass saying "I doubt those bands care. Especially with THAT camera." Most likely shot with Kodak Tri-X 400 film cuz it was (and is still) a standard for shooting such things on black and white film.

The Batmen (196?)